I'm just wondering why Nintendo does this? It doesnt bother me very much, because I play a game for the gameplay and not the game art, but I never understood why all of the games have that look with less colours.

The only reason I think they'd do it is to save a bit of money from designing and printing costs.

What an odd question and thing to be annoyed by, you should probably go on Maury. Anyway, that's just some of them, and simplicity is cool sometimes. I'm guessing the Metroid, Resident Evil, and Mario Galaxy covers will be fairly complex.

What an odd question and thing to be annoyed by, you should probably go on Maury. Anyway, that's just some of them, and simplicity is cool sometimes. I'm guessing the Metroid, Resident Evil, and Mario Galaxy covers will be fairly complex.

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I'm not annoyed.

i agree, It is a odd question, but i've been curious ever since i had a gamecube.

I LOVE the Zelda and Warioware art. I guess another possibility is that it's original art.

thats just how they want to market their games. They most likely have an inhouse marketing department that makes the art. If its the same department, most likely the same group is going to keep using the same style. Like any artists, they tend to stick to their style.

thats just how they want to market their games. They most likely have an inhouse marketing department that makes the art. If its the same department, most likely the same group is going to keep using the same style. Like any artists, they tend to stick to their style.

nintendo purely focuses on gameplay. but if its a major title like Brawl, Metroid3, or mario galaxy, they make those look really good. zelda is another good example. nintendo really only cares about graphics and such wehn they asre working on a big title (the majority of the time)

nintendo purely focuses on gameplay. but if its a major title like Brawl, Metroid3, or mario galaxy, they make those look really good. zelda is another good example. nintendo really only cares about graphics and such wehn they asre working on a big title (the majority of the time)

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Wow. You're just spitting out the same crap that circulates around here every day. "nintendo purely focuses on gameplay." What an original opinion.

It's not really an issue for me, but I agree Nintendo's box art is usually rather dull. I presume Nintendo apply their "substance over style" philosophy to their box art as well as the in-game graphics. It probably comes down to the publishers though- they use different artists who follow their own styles, so some covers will look better than others. For an example of good artwork, I think the European cover for Resident Evil 4 looks superb:

I compiled a list of images to give an idea of what the MAJORITY of box art looks like. There is a common theme, a consistancy that appears over and over. It merely enforces the idea of the kiddie image nintendo has, even if the games themselves might not be kiddie.